6-24-13
Today was a big relief! I felt like a big burden was lifted off my shoulders and I was able to breath! It was a very much needed P-day fosho. It should make for a good week! Emailing was great, it really helped me with a few struggles I was having. This week I really want to focus on thanking instead of asking for things in my prayers! I am so blessed to have such an amazing family supporting me as I serve the lord. We went with a group of missionaries to the mall after emails. It was awesome to see all the new shoes and clothes but made me lose focus and I didn’t like it. We played a couple games of basketball at the church and it was really fun. I love the elders in my zone! Elder Mongolei and I are super tight. I had a BIG package arrive on my doorstep this afternoon! I love my new bike!! There is only one problem.. It is missing instructions on how to assemble it! There are a few parts that im not exactly sure how to put together. Tonight we FINALLY got to meet with the infamous Ray. Ray and his GF invited us over to teach a FHE lesson along with their friends Chris and his GF. Chris is a recent convert, Elder T got to witness his baptism. We had a great lesson and a fun time. We are all relatively the same age, so it was super fun just to chill. We set another appointment with Ray for tomorrow at 1! You're probably wondering why we taught Ray and not the sisters that should be teaching him.. well the sisters are having a hard time I guess you could say. We set another baptism date for the 13th of July. Ray seemed pretty solid for that date! And yes, we will be able to attend his baptism.
6-25-13
Today was a busy day. A busy day is a good day! Earlier today, we had an awesome lesson with a girl named Amy at Matt G’s house. Matt met her at school in a bible study class, and invited her to meet with us. She is 18 and comes from a Catholic family. She has dated a kid for 1 year that is now serving an LDS mission in Houston, TX. It wasn’t easy for her to let him go serve, but his desire sparked her interest in the church. She had a lot of questions as we taught the restoration so it went good! The spirit was very strong. Shortly after that we had a lesson with Ray. The sister’s took lead, and it went good. Ray should be dunked on the 13th of July. Tonight we ran around visiting a few people. Maria tried to drop us and told us that she wants to attend the abundant living church. We were persistant with her, and she told us we could come back later this week if we want. So we plan to throw down on her! We had correlation mtg with our ward mission leader, we hope that he will start doing his job a little better and start finding us some people to teach instead of just matt G. We found a bike shop today that will hopfully be able to give me some directions on how to assemble my bike! Im excited to shred the trek.
6-26-13
The Priesthood is powerful!
Today was a day of blessings! Literally. The first blessing was for me actually.. The day started out a little bit rough. I have been fighting a very bad pain in my lower back. The bump that ive had for awhile has grown twice its size. Sister Miller advised me to get it checked out at the doc asap. I found out that I have a tumor or cyst growing that I have to get removed. Tomorrow I have an appointment with a specialist to see the steps that we have to take. Not going to lie.. Im really scared. Tonight was really spiritual. We gave blessings to the whole Ramirez family. They have been going through a hard time, plus two of the girls are having their tonsils taken out tomorrow. The room was in tears and each person said they knew their blessing was from god. It was a great experience, and even better for the family because they are a little less active. Shortly after, we gave a blessing to brother Alitor. He is having a lazer surgery done on his eyes tomorrow. Elder Taylor and I excercised our priesthood powers a lot today. It was a great opportunity to strengthen my testimony of the priesthood!
I love you guys!
With you till the finishline—
6-27-13
Just gotta roll with the punches!
Today was a long one. We drove to see the surgical specialist this morning and waited about 3 hours in the waiting room with 900 mexicans. Gave me some good time to study and write. I visited with Dr. Gomez. After he checked my back, he talked to me and set me up for surgery. The surgery was first set for Saturday, but I COULDN’T miss chris’s baptism. So now the surgery is set for Monday July 1st at 7am. I have to check in at 5am. I had to fill out a lot of paper work then they sent me off to the hospital to do some LABs. I again sat waiting a couple hours. Then, did a lot of paper work, got poked by lots of needles, and talked with lots of nurses! The surgery should be about 30min, and between 5-7 days recovery. Little do they know that im super man and will be better in 1 or 2. JK. We were able to squeeze a lesson in with Chris Martin tonight. It was his last lesson before baptism! Im so excited for Saturday! So It was a rough day! I guess HF is really just trying to humble me!
I love you guys and am SO grateful for you support! I can feel your love from here.
6-28-13
Press forward with faith!
Faith is the foundation of all things, It is something that I am working hard to strengthen each day. Faith without works is dead. I have been a little discouraged today, but I wont let it knock me down. I will smash satans D’s. We had a good district meeting today. We learned a lot about contacting and speaking with everyone. Lunch at Jose’s was good as ever! He always provides us with an amazing meal and gives us all he has. I had another Doctors appointment and it was a pain in the butt. Bro butterfield gave me an amazing blessing, so powerful. We had dinner with Matt G and his family, they are a blessing to me. We had a going away party with the butterfields. They are going on a long summer vacation, I am excited for them but It was really sad! Tonight we are going on exchange with our zone leaders! Elder Vallejo Zamora, will be sleeping with me at our apartment, and I will be the Senior comp all day tomorrow! Elder Taylor is traveling to the zone leaders area. Im really excited but mostly because I will be able to drive for the first time in 2ish months! Im also excited to take lead in everything. Elder Taylor and I are ready for a little break. Im praying that I will feel well to work hard, kick butt and take names. Chris Martins baptism is tomorrow! So stoked. He asked me to give him the HG! I am a little nervous, but really excited. Elder Taylor and I will be back together tomorrow night.
6-29-13
Today was an AMAZING DAY! Elder Vallejo and I had a late night.... talking! We woke up early and hit the studies hard. Comp study was so great, I learned so much, more then ever. Elder Vallejo is an amazing missionary. He is the most genuine and loving guy you will ever meet! He is truly intune with the spirit and is inspiring. He is a Spanish speaking missionary from Guatemala! He had to learn English in the MTC though. He has been out for 18 months and feels that he doesn’t have enough time to be a missionary. He brought so much fire and experience to our work that I have not been able to experience yet. I was finally able to drive! There is an indentation of my hand on the passenger side door handle from elder Taylors driving.. ha jk. It was a nice change! I took full advantage of Vallejo’s Spanish speaking abilities and did a lot of tracting! We were able to contact a LOT of people. Even though it was nice to drive, we rode bikes a lot! I took my bike to a shop to get assembled, and got it back today! I loved it. I got a lot of sun and rosie red cheeks! I couldn’t believe how much I learned from Vallejo from the time we started studies and throughout the whole day of working hard. We contacted the moralis family, Aaron broke his arm playing football so I had to give him some crap. Set a return appointment. We visited with old man manny..he told us he is trying to start his own religion of what he believes, but wont believe what we teach because it is “man made.” Other then Elder Taylor slipping and cannon balling into the font.. Chris’s baptism went great!!! Elder Taylor just made it that much better. It was amazing to see our work come to life and witness chris making the covanents with his HF. I am privileged with the opportunity to confirm chris a member of the church and give him the gift of the HG tomorrow in church! It has been a busy day full of hard work! I really am so thankful for my opportunity to go on exchanges with Elder Vallejo. He is an amazing zone leader and missionary. Im excited for the mission to shape me into a missionary like him! Tonight we got a call late from the sisters screaming bloody murder and crying hysterically. We thought the worst but found out that there was a 3 inch lizard holding them hostage in their apartment. We weren’t very happy, but ran over there to save the day. The sisters were standing on top of the table, and I walked over and stepped on the little guy.. picked him up and threw him out the door.. It was really funny.
Goodnight familia
6-30-13
Today was a very special day! Not only was it the lords day, but It was Chris Martins day to officially become a member of the church! I was able to comferm chris and bestow the Holy Ghost unto him. It was a very sacred and amazing experience to use my priesthood. I was able to perform a lot of priesthood actions today! First, Chris’s blessing, Second, Passing the sacrament. Third, giving a sick member of the ward a blessing. The Priesthood is amazing. We had a good lesson handing dora off to the sisters tonight! She asked me to give her yet another blessing for the day. It was a very spiritual day. Im very nervous to go to sleep, but it will be a quick one! 4:00 will come fast.
7-1-13
As I flipped my calander to the month of July, I wasn’t supprised to see “Forget yourself and go to work” as the monthy quote. My procedure went well this morning. I feel like I have been stabbed in the back twice..I think that will be my story anyway. I have 2 incisions that are about 3 inches long on each side of my lower back! I have slept most of the day! It has felt good despite my lack of sleep lately. This surgery a tender mercy from the lord for sleep! Elder Taylor would agree! Dr. Gomez reminded me a lot of Uncle John. Coming down off of the anesthesia gave elder Taylor a good laugh! I will have a lot of down time this week, I should have the mormon messages and Jesus the Chris memorized by the end of it! I wish I could have emailed you guys today, but I couldn’t do much else other then lay flat on my face. I would love for you to send me some disks with talks on them asap.
7-2-13
Rough Day!
7-3-13
Short and sweet tonight.. Ive had a great day. I got to meet the new President and Sister Miller! I feel I have a personal relationshp with President Miller. He is such a blessing to me and is exactly what the mission needed! He is exactly what I needed. He is an answer to prayers. He has shown me love that I didn’t feel from the old Millers! I look forward to serving with him, I know there is big things coming for this mission! I love him and am so grateful. I should be able to email you tomorrow!
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